First name origin & meaning: Native American: Spiritual guide Last name origins & meanings:
- Italian (Alò): perhaps from an Italian adaption of
the Catalan personal name Eloi, equivalent of Italian
Eligio, from French Eloy. The cult of St Eligio, patron
of horses and blacksmiths, was very popular in the Middle
Ages. Alternatively, the family name could be from Greek alós
‘prisoners’, ‘captives’.
- Spanish: unexplained.
- Samoan and Hawaiian: unexplained.
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